لا بدع إن كان أُعطي القوسَ باريها

ممَّن تعوَّدَ يُعطاها وَيُعطيها

No wonder if the bow is given to its shooter

By one accustomed to give it and shoot with it

فَلا نهنئهُ لكن نهنئُها

بِهِ فتلك الَّتي نالَت امانيها

So we do not congratulate him, but congratulate it

For it has attained its wishes through him

رئاسَةٌ نالها مَن لم يزد شرفاً

بها فَفي نَفسِهِ قد كان حاويها

A leadership which was attained by one who did not increase in honor through it

So in himself he already contained it

اجَلُّ منزلةً من ان يقال لَهُ

تَهنيك من رُتَب العليا معاليها

More sublime than to be told:

"Congratulations from the highest ranks and its glories"

مولىً لَهُ قدمٌ في الفَضلِ راسخةٌ

وَفي الندى يَدُهُ البيضا تلاقيها

A master who has a foot firmly rooted in virtue

And a hand as white as lilies greeting it

رادَ الفضائِلَ حتىّ حازَ افضلها

فَلَم يَكُن من جديدٍ عندهُ فيها

He sought virtues until he attained the best of them

So to him there was nothing new in it

مبارك الوجه وضّاح الجَبين اذا

دَجَت صروفُ اللَيالي فهو جاليها

Blessed of face and bright of forehead when

The nights' vicissitudes darkened, he illuminated them

في قَلبِهِ لاحَ نور الحقِّ تبعثُهُ

نيرانُ غَيرتِهِ والعزم يُذكيها

In his heart shone the light of truth ignited

By the fires of his zeal and determination enflaming them

تَهنا طرابُلُس الشأم الَّتي ظفرت

منهُ بِفَخرٍ بِهِ ازدانت نواحيها

Tripoli of Syria congratulates itself for attaining

Through him a pride with which its regions are adorned

وَنال جِلَّقَ حظٌّ مِنهُ حيث ثَوى

بها فكلتاهما لاقَت تهانيها

And Jilq attained a share of him when he dwelt

In it, so both attained their congratulations

تعوَّد العدلَ والانصافَ مشرَبهُ

وعادة المرءِ لا تعدو مَجاريها

Justice and fairness became his habit

And a person's habits do not transgress their courses